- Source: University of Lagos Cricket Oval
The University of Lagos Cricket Oval is a cricket ground, in Akoka, Nigeria.
In the year 2020, the Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe held a sod cutting ceremony to rebuild the Cricket Pitch and promised to build it to international standards. The pitch was redeveloped by the school's alumni in honor of their coach Prof. Adebols Kukoyi who clocked 80years old then.
In October 2021, the ground was the venue for the bilateral series between the hosts Nigeria and Sierra Leone which were the first T20Is played in Nigeria and the first-ever T20Is for Sierra Leone cricket team. The series provided both sides with preparation for the T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in November 2021. The series also saw resumption of the long-running cricketing rivalry between the two north-west African nations.
Records
In October 2021, in the fifth match against Sierra Leone, Peter Aho took six wickets for five runs to record the best ever bowling figures in a T20I match, alongside taking a hat-trick, becoming the first Nigerian bowler to take a hat-trick.
References
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- University of Lagos Cricket Oval
- Associate international cricket in 2024–25
- Nigeria national cricket team
- List of Twenty20 International records
- 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C
- List of five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International cricket
- Sierra Leone national cricket team
- List of Twenty20 cricket records
- List of Twenty20 International cricket grounds
- List of Twenty20 International cricket hat-tricks
